# Report 2020-02

## News

 - [Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open](https://robertheaton.com/2020/02/05/wacom-drawing-tablets-track-name-of-every-application-you-open/)
 - [Google admits it sent private videos in Google Photos to strangers](https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21122044/google-photos-privacy-breach-takeout-data-video-strangers)
 - [Brave uncovers widespread surveillance of UK citizens by private companies embedded on UK council websites](https://brave.com/ukcouncilsreport/)
 - [Trivial backdoor found in firmware for Chinese-built net-connected video recorders](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/04/hisilicon_camera_backdoor/)  
 - [Facial Recognition Moves Into a New Front: Schools](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/business/facial-recognition-schools.html)
 - [Companies that Scrape Your Email](https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/02/companies_that_.html)
 - [Rental cars can be remotely started, tracked, and more after customers return them](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/02/rental-car-agency-continues-to-give-remote-control-long-after-cars-are-returned/)
 - [Revealed: how drugs giants can access your health records](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/08/fears-over-sale-anonymous-nhs-patient-data)
 - [Mastercard is pioneering new payment technology that identifies commuters by the way they walk](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mastercard-is-pioneering-new-payment-technology-that-identifies-commuters-by-the-way-they-walk-2020-02-14)  
 - [Forcing us to get consent before selling browser histories violates our free speech, US ISPs claim](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/20/maine_isp_lawsuit/)
 - [Google faces state lawsuit alleging misuse of schoolkids’ private data](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/02/google-faces-state-lawsuit-alleging-misuse-of-schoolkids-private-data/)
 - [Leaked Document Shows How Big Companies Buy Credit Card Data on Millions of Americans](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jged4x/envestnet-yodlee-credit-card-bank-data-not-anonymous)  
 - [Leaked Reports Show EU Police Are Planning a Pan-European Network of Facial Recognition Databases](https://theintercept.com/2020/02/21/eu-facial-recognition-database/)
 - [F.C.C. to Fine Cellphone Carriers for Selling Customers’ Locations](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/technology/fcc-location-data.html)

## Data Breaches

 - [Health Share of Oregon discloses data breach, theft of member PII](https://www.zdnet.com/article/health-share-of-oregon-discloses-data-breach-theft-of-member-pii/)
 - [Personal info of 6m. Israelis leaked after Likud uploads voter info](https://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Personal-info-of-6m-Israelis-leaked-after-Likud-uploads-voter-info-617048)
 - [Software error exposes the ID numbers for 1.26 million Danish citizens](https://www.zdnet.com/article/software-error-exposes-the-id-numbers-for-1-26-million-danish-citizens/)
 - [Personal information belonging to 144,000 Canadians breached by federal departments and agencies](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/privacy-breach-canada-1.5457502)
 - [MGM hack exposes personal data of 10.6 million guests](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51568885)
 - [Slickwraps Data Breach Exposes Financial and Customer Info](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/slickwraps-data-breach-exposes-financial-and-customer-info/)
 - [Samsung leaked data of a few UK Customers](https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/98501/data-breach/samsung-data-leak.html)
 - [Clearview AI Reports Breach of Customer List](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bvgyqa/clearview-ai-customer-list-data-breach-hacked)


## Paper/Report

 - [Watching you watch: the tracking system of over-the-top TV streaming devices](https://blog.acolyer.org/2020/02/10/watching-you-watch/)
 - [When Speakers Are All Ears: Characterizing Misactivations of IoT Smart Speakers](https://moniotrlab.ccis.neu.edu/smart-speakers-study/)
